Context7

remote (hosted) MCP server

Context7 is a remote (hosted) MCP server: Up-to-date code docs for any prompt. Connect any MCP client to https://mcp.context7.com/mcp.

Installation

Terminal

claude mcp add --transport http context7 https://mcp.context7.com/mcp

Run in your project folder. Add --scope user to use it everywhere.

Open Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, then paste https://mcp.context7.com/mcp.

Add to .cursor/mcp.json or your client's MCP config.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "context7": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://mcp.context7.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Runtime: Nothing, it's hosted.
MCP client: Claude Code, Codex, Antigravity, Claude Desktop, Cursor or any other client that speaks MCP over streamable HTTP.
Environment variables: CONTEXT7_API_KEY

Up-to-date code docs for any prompt

Server	Stars	Type	API key	Runtime
Context7	62K	Hosted	Yes	None
Agent-Native Analytics	6,874	Hosted	No	None
claude-prompts-mcp	187	Local	No	npm
mcp-image	167	Local	Yes	npm
Oh My Posh Configurator	135	Local	No	npm

It reads one environment variable: CONTEXT7_API_KEY. Set them in your MCP config before starting the server.

Only an MCP client such as Claude Code, Codex, Claude Desktop or Cursor. Context7 is hosted, so there is nothing to install.

Context7 is a remote (hosted) MCP server served at https://mcp.context7.com/mcp.

Run: claude mcp add --transport http context7 https://mcp.context7.com/mcp

Run: codex mcp add context7 --url https://mcp.context7.com/mcp

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